As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.

If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be able to pick us out of a crowd of other well-meaning organizations?

For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than the church.

To live [in the church] at the beck and call of marketing logic is to live in slavery.

To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.

[denial] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.

Speaking unspoken words, music is a good way to say.

I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school I remember having to write and read a load.

My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.

I haven't been in a good mood since I was 6 years old

And the truth shall bear witness of itself.

Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.

I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.

To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac.